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Chris Dwan @archaeodwan.bsky.social · Aug 27

It's always a joy working with the brilliant CHP team on the Castleton/Hope Project. I can't express my admiration for the volunteers, students, and community who've kept it thriving for over a decade—excited for the next season of discovery!
Pictured: @kelseyshawn.bsky.social, onsite barista

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Dr Kelsey Shawn Madden @kelseyshawn.bsky.social · Aug 27

I am pleased to announce that my review of Helen King's book, Immaculate Forms, is now published in The Classical Review (@universitypress.cambridge.org)!

If you do not have access, DM me for a free download code!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

PARTS NAMED, THE FEMALE BODY UNMADE - (H.) King Immaculate Forms. A History of the Female Body in Four Parts. Pp. viii + 468, ills. New York: Basic Books, 2025. Cased, US$35. ISBN: 978-1-5416-0653-1. ...

PARTS NAMED, THE FEMALE BODY UNMADE - (H.) King Immaculate Forms. A History of the Female Body in Four Parts. Pp. viii + 468, ills. New York: Basic Books, 2025. Cased, US$35. ISBN: 978-1-5416-0653-1.

www.cambridge.org

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Chris Dwan @archaeodwan.bsky.social · Apr 29

Excited to have my work on the Severn Estuary published alongside incredible researchers from the 2023 Graduate Archaeology at Oxford conference! Huge thanks to @barpublishing.bsky.social and our editors Cristina Laurenti & John Dinges!

Check it out here: shorturl.at/lXvjN

International Series :: Water Flowing through Archaeology

The present volume originates in the Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Conference an annual event for graduate students and early career researchers to present their archaeological research The 2023 conf...

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · Feb 3

Meet Siân Evans, a working coppersmith who investigates the ancient metalworking techniques found in archaeological relics from around the world.
Siân will be part of our annual Relics Roadshow on 15 February 10-4pm.
www.hmag.org.uk/event/relics...
@hastingsbc.bsky.social

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Chris Dwan @archaeodwan.bsky.social · Apr 1

Finally, the truth

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Ness of Brodgar @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social · Mar 27

A look at what may have lain behind the 1861 newspaper claim of two mummies and a giant in Maeshowe.
#archaeology #Orkney #Neolithic

Maeshowe – the mummies, the giant and the mound-dweller…

A look at what may have lain behind the 1861 newspaper claim of two mummies and a giant in Maeshowe.

www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk

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Chris Dwan @archaeodwan.bsky.social · Mar 27

They're not wrong

BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · Mar 21

Today is National Memory Day!🧠✨

What better way to celebrate than with one of our newest publications by @archaeodwan.bsky.social. This book explores the processes of memory-making using GIS-based case studies in southwestern Britain.🏺

doi.org/10.30861/978...

#ancientbluesky

A photo of the cover of Landscape Stability and the Formation of Social Memory in Prehistoric Britain: A GIS-based study on the nature of fast and slow-changing landscapes.

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Chris Dwan @archaeodwan.bsky.social · Mar 17

My hedgehog turns 4 today. Show some love!
#hedgehog #africanpygmyhedgehog

Our African Pygmy Hedgehog, Petunia, watching suspiciously from her bed.

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Ness of Brodgar @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social · Mar 10

Young people from the Connect project have been getting a taste of the Neolithic as part of a Historic Environment Scotland-funded project 'Under the Surface'.

Young people get hands-on experience of creating Neolithic jewellery

Young people from the Connect project have been getting a taste of the Neolithic as part of a Historic Environment Scotland-funded project 'Under the Surface'.

www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk

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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · Mar 7

Ah, more #archaeology 🏺reporting to be filed under "Older than Stonehenge" again …

www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Ancient monument discovered under bypass is older than Stonehenge

New research shows the structure is about 200 years older than previously thought

www.independent.co.uk

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Dr. Adelle Bricking 🍂 @archaedelle.bsky.social · Nov 15

There’s something extraordinary about this otherwise pretty standard Late Bronze Age axehead:

A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹
#FindsFriday

Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...

Photo of a Bronze Age socketed axe head with a zoomed in thumbnail of a finger print on one of the faces towards the blade edge. The axe is dark green with oxidation and the surface of the blade edge has been lost.

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Chris Dwan @archaeodwan.bsky.social · Feb 26

Thanks, homie

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · Feb 26

oh wow a second white horse!

Paul's lovely picture of Urunga hillfort under snow with a rudimentary and frankly sarcastic outline of a horse drawn in thick yellow lines that follow the Ridge of the hill and paths of various lanes leading to it

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Chris Dwan @archaeodwan.bsky.social · Feb 26

I'm thrilled to announce that this is finally a reality!

My thesis is now available as a book through @barpublishing.bsky.social. My thanks to the whole BAR team for their hard work and patience.
Check it out here shorturl.at/fdB4o

#archaeology #landscapearchaeology #prehistory #sheffielduni

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